3 Fonteinen J & J Oude Geuze Blauw

Formerly brewed at 3 Fonteinen
Style: Lambic - Gueuze
Beersel, Belgium

Huge thanks to Hopdog for sharing. side by side with the Roze. Appearance is a bit more cloudy than roze, a shade lighter and a higher carbonation. Aroms is very acidic, woody, not quite as woody as roze, intense barnyard funk- pwerful sour lactic and citric acids, gets real funky and almost goaty sweaty with lgiht stinky cheese, butyric acid as well. Light sour apple flavor at first but grows with the other acids in there, and becomes one of the most powerful guezes I have ever had- insane acidity but something in there to back it up so it isnt all just sour- funky brett, lacto and pedio. Finish is almsot mouth puckering, and I think the champagne like spritziness intensifies it. This is one insane Gueze.

Poured a hazy golden color with a large white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of brett, leather, funky cheese, horsey, and green apple. Taste was bretty, with green apple, and lemon peel, and a sharp, sour finish which didn’t seem to come together as nicely as the Roze. Thanks to Steve for sharing these!

An old rating i finally got to entering. Aroma was of funky, cheese, horse, and some moldiness and a little bitterness. Flavor was really sour but had a mild tartness. Very good overall but like the rose better.

750ml bottle acquired in a couple trades. Tasted side x side with the Roze. Major gusher alert This guy prematurely spewed everywhere. Poured a medium and cloudy orangish color with a large sized off white head. Aromas of funk, musty, tart, and sour. Tastes of tart green apples, sour, lemons, and just all around tart. My description really doesn’t do this one justice This one was very nice and puckering.

Thanks to hopdog for sharing this one. Gusher alert...this dude shot off like a shotgun. Pours a hazy golden orange with a large bubbly white head that went away pretty quickly. Aroma was floral, funk and tart. Flavor was sour and tart, lots of tingly carbonation which really brings the flavor forward. Lemony citrus that makes you kind of pucker. Hard to put words to the complexity of these beers.

[1225-20080328] 750mL bottle. Dry dusty sour aroma has lightly spiced apple wafts. Hazy, medium orange brown body with a long-lasting creamy white head. Sour woody lemon pips citrus flavour has acidic wooden characteristics. Dry medium body. Enjoyable.
(Vintage from 06-09-2003 wedding; w/ blankboy, GregClow, HogTownHarry, jerc, tupalev)

5-24-08 bottle shared by Miketd - Thanks!
Thick unfiltered orange yellow pour. Funky sour tart smell and flavor that almost abuses the palate - but I like it. Very enjoyable, bold and flavorful. Mouthfeel is sharp and clean and dry and almost perfect. I enjoyed this more than the Rose but both were great to try.

Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Hazy bright orange and a full froth of white. White cheese and horseblanket aroma; glowing tropical fruits underneath; pineapple and golden kiwi, softened with a steady vanilla sweetness. Clean, mineral bitterness; earthy notes of hay and grass. Flavor is brisk and tangy; a sunny, ebullient sourness that consistently seems soft and reticent, putting aside the confronting acidic funk for something more calm and more sensitive. The acetic punch thoroughly muted by citrus acids and crabapple tartness, and a hint of wildflower honey.

Yeast addition yields a thorough coating of basement must through the aroma and the flavor. Lots of pithy citric bitterness and tangy acids lingering. Crisp, punchy, full mouthfeel; dries out with some sweet lemony funk and cheeses in the long finish.

I love the forward tropical fruits here and the perfect blanket of musty funk, never so light as to be insufficient or so heavy as to be burdensome. The careful touch of this brewery evident in most of its offerings seems exemplified here, and it’s easily the finest quality of this angelic, legendary example. Thanks Ken!